Book description
Management and the Arts, Fourth Edition provides you with theory and practical applications from all management perspectives including planning, marketing, finance, economics, organizational, staffing, and group dynamics ALL related to an arts organization. Whether you are a manager in a theatre, museum, dance company, or opera, you will gain useful insights into management. Topics written especially to help you with your management skills include:* How arts organizations and management evolved
* The theories and processes behind strategic planning and decision making
* Organizing and organizational design
* Staffing and personal relations
* The tools and techniques available from communicating effectively and keeping track of information
* Budgeting, fundraising, and financial management
* Integrating various management theories and practical applications
* How to work effectively with boards
* Sections on e-marketing and Web marketing
* Includes: case studies, statistics, career, and financial information
Revised to reflect the latest thinking and trends in managing organizations and people, Management and the Arts, Fourth Edition features class-tested questions in each chapter, which help you to integrate the material and develop ideas as to how the situations and problems could have been handled. Case studies focus on the challenges facing managers and organizations every day, and "In The News quotes give you real-world examples of principles and theories. Developing career skills and options, graduate and postgraduate training opportunities, and professional organizations and conferences are highlighted.
Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- CHAPTER 1 Management and the Arts
- CHAPTER 2 Arts Organizations and Arts Management
- CHAPTER 3 Management History and Trends
- CHAPTER 4 The Adaptive Arts Organization
- CHAPTER 5 Planning and Decision Making
- CHAPTER 6 Organizing and Organizational Design
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CHAPTER 7 Human Resources and the Arts
- Staffing the organization
- The staffing process
- The overall matrix of jobs
- Constraints on staffing
- Recruitment
- Diversity in the arts workplace
- Selection process
- Orientation and training
- Performance appraisals and firing
- Volunteers in the arts
- The board of directors
- Unions and the arts
- Maintaining and developing the staff
- Summary
- Resource
- Sample employee manual
- References
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CHAPTER 8 Leadership and Group Dynamics
- The central role of the leader
- Leadership fundamentals
- Formal and informal leadership modes
- Power: a leadership resource
- Approaches to the study of leadership
- Leadership and the creative spirit
- Future leadership?
- Motivation and the arts work setting
- Theories of motivation
- Theory integration
- Group dynamics
- Leadership and working with the board of directors
- Communication basics and effective leadership
- Conclusion
- Summary
- Additional resource
- Leadership books and resources
- References
- CHAPTER 9 Operations and Budgeting
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CHAPTER 10 Economics and Financial Management
- The economic big picture
- The economic problems and issues facing the arts
- The economic environment and the arts
- The economics of spending more than you make
- The multiplier effect and the arts
- Applying basic economic principles to the arts
- Elasticity change formula
- Overview of financial management
- Nonprofit financial management
- FMIS
- Accounting and bookkeeping
- Managing finances and the economic dilemma
- Looking ahead
- Creating a financial report
- Web source for financial statements
- Other resources on arts economics and finance
- References
- CHAPTER 11 Marketing and the Arts
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CHAPTER 12 Fundraising
- Giving history and trends
- Why do people give?
- Fundraising and the arts
- Management skills of the fundraiser
- The case for support
- Data management
- Fundraising costs and control
- Fundraising techniques and tools
- The comprehensive campaign
- Corporate giving
- Foundations
- Government funding
- Conclusion
- Summary
- Additional resources
- References
- CHAPTER 13 Integrating Management Styles and Theories
- CHAPTER 14 Career Options and Preparing for the Job Market ..
- INDEX
Product information
- Title: Management and the Arts, 4th Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: August 2012
- Publisher(s): Focal Press
- ISBN: 9781136082375
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